WASHINGTON – If regulators interpret the proposed ‘Volcker Rule’ in a way that is too restrictive they risk damaging the liquidity of US capital markets, increasing financial instability and reducing capital formation and economic growth, according to a new study. The Volcker Rule, which will ban banks from undertaking proprietary trading, is a key element of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act that became law last July.

REGINA, Saskatchewan - Policymakers keen to take corrective action on commodity prices should proceed with caution – the evidence suggests most of the major price movements, as well as a large proportion of short-run volatility, can be explained by supply-and-demand fundamentals, a top central banker said in February.

WASHINGTON – Lack of action to reform the international monetary system could sow the seeds of the next financial crisis, according to International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn. He called for renewed international cooperation for a better and stronger global recovery.

Financial industry upset as America backs international approach on derivatives offsetting. US banks likely to be hit

America’s insurers want to delay tighter regulation while their European counterparts fret about Solvency II test

LONDON, January 31 (Global Risk Regulator) – Accounting experts welcomed moves by the two leading accounting standard-setters today that should bring the convergence of global accounting rules a significant step closer.

PARIS & WASHINGTON, January 24 (Global Risk Regulator) – The bar on the use of credit ratings in America’s financial reform legislation is a “serious obstacle” to the full and consistent application of the Basel III bank rules in the US, a top banking industry representative said today.

Feedback from the QIS5 exercise confirms the worst fears of the pessimists; less complexity is urged

Supervisors standing firmly by Australia’s ‘big-four’ banking oligopoly. It's even getting special treatment under Basel III By David Keefe

Islamic finance is still a niche market, but its regulation is vitally important for the safety of the global financial system